On last Friday evening, while doing the usual brake fluid bleed before a Sunday sprint event, I noticed front right outside bleeder was not quite sealing and a small amount of fluid was sipping out. I thought some debris got stuck between the mating surface of the bleeder screw and the caliper inside. So proceeded to undo the bleeder screw out and soon I was cursing at what I was seeing before me. The bleeder screw was pulling out the threads as I unwound it out. It completey removed the thread off the Brembo!!! My Brembo was Fk'ed.
At the time, I pretty much had wrote off the Sunday sprint event... Anyhow, I called for help on Perth Evo forum and a member (AWOL) offered to lend me his spare calipers which was a real life saver. BIG THANKS!!
Anyhow, on Monday I dropped off the damaged caliper at Perth Brake Parts hoping they could do something about the thread. The guy at the counter said there's enough meat on it to get it re-tapped and put on a repair kit. So they did and below is what the repair kit looks like.
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| Bleeder repair kit |
I had the seals and dust boot done at the same time as the repair work for $166. Not bad considering I could have rendered it useless.
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